Bank accounts for 11 year olds? Whatever next? Scarily it is possible for your tweenager to have a fully functioning debit card of their own at such a tender age. Some parents will worry that this kind of access to cash means going overboard on in-game purchases. The flip side of the argument is tha...

Some good news at last: inflation fell last month from 3% down to 2.7% thanks mainly to lower petrol prices. Falling inflation means there’s less pressure on the Bank of England to put interest rates up – so that’s good news for mortgage borrowers. And what could be better than paying less for food?...